45 [Vol. xxi. 



runs. flown the back of the neck, as well as the black and 

 whu patch on the base of the neck, very well-defined. 



FrANCOLINUS JUGULARIS PALLIDIOR, Subsp. n. 



Francolinus jvgularis (nee Biittik.), Reichenow, Vogel Afr. 

 i. p. 489 (1901). 



Adult male and female. Very similar to F. gariepensis, 

 Smith, from the eastern parts of South Africa, but every- 

 where paler, the belly without the strong chestnut and black 

 markings characteristic of F. gariepensis. 



Hah. German South-west Africa. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ? . South of the Kunene 

 River : A. W. Eriksson coll. 



This was not the F. jxigularis, Biittikofer, from Gambos, 

 which was a far greyer bird, with broad black longitudinal 

 markings on the chest, breast, and belly, and a large patch 

 of black and white on the throat, similar to that of 

 F. levaillanti and F. streptophorus. 



Sarothrura pulchra centralis, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Scarcely distinguishable from the male of S.p. 

 pulchra (Gray) from Upper Guinea, but the underside is a 

 little greyer and the white spots are less defined. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of S. p. pulchra, but 

 the tail has distinct broad black bars, while in the latter it is 

 uniform chestnut, or with only an indication of thin black 

 bars. 



Hab. Lake Region of Central Africa. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ? . Mswa, on the west 

 shore of Lake Albert, 8. ii. 89 : Emin coll. 



The female figured in the ' Catalogue of the Birds in the 

 British Museum,^ xxiii. pi. ix., as Corethrura pulchi-a belongs 

 to the present form. 



Sarothrura pulchra zenkeri, subsp. n. 

 Adult male. Similar to that of S. pulchra and S. centralis, 

 but the chestnut colour of the head and neck is darker. 

 Adult female. Head and neck darker, as in S, pulchra and 



